Game apparatus.



A. ZIMDARS.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION I'ILBD MAY 23, 1911.

Patented J an. 9, 1912.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA ZIMDAIRS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB- OF ONE-HALF'TO IDA 1VL- DAVIS, 01? SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

. Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Application filed May-23, 1911. Serial No. 629,050.

The present invention has for its object to provide a game which, while afiording interest and amusement, will instil into the minds ofthe players exact geographical knowledge of the earths surface.-

In the accompanying drawing, Figure'l is a perspective view of my'improved game;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken bottom plan new of a portion thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of an end section thereof.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the track or runway comprising endsections and mediate sections 3, said sections being located end to end and registering with each other, said register being assured by dowel pins 4 projecting from ends of said sections and entering sockets 5 of adjacent sections. Said sections are also secured against longitudinal detachment by hooks 6 on the bottom of one section which engage pins 7 on the adjacent section. Said sections when thus placed in line form a concave track or runway for a ball or sphere shown at 8. For the purpose of this game, the sphere used is an ordinary unmounted globe representing geographically the earths surface. The end sections are provided with vertical end walls 9, against which the globe abuts when rolled from one end of said runway to the other. To retain it in its position at the end of its rolling movement, there is provided near each end of the runway a spring-actuated stop 10, best shown in Fig. 3. The lower end of said stop is formed with laterally extending branches 11, which are hooked, as shown at 12, to arms 13, said arms being formed integral with a mediate portion 14 and loops 15, by which they are attached to the bottom of the track. To said stop is secured one end of a spring 16, the other end of which is secured to the center of the mediate portion 1 1. The construction of the spring stop here shown is no part of my invention.

When the globe is rolled from the position shown in Fig. 1'to the other end of the runway, the first effect is to move the adjacent spring stop down into the bottom of the runway, into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3. In this position it remains, since the spring then acts between two points which are below the pivotal axis -of the spring stop. When the globe arrives at the other end of the runway and passes over a similar spring stop at said end, the pressure of the globe on said spring stop has the velfect of causing the direction. of tension ofsaid spring to pass above the pivotal axis of the spring stop, and the spring then acts to raise the stop, which thereupon assumes a positionsimilar to that shown in the left hand end in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3, thus forming a front index. I preferably provide a strip of felt 17 over each spring stop, so as to prevent damage to the surface of the globe from said spring stops and the parts immediately connected therewith. On the top of each end wall is secured a nail head 18 or other device, which, when the globe is in position adjacent to said wall, is diametrically opposite to the extreme outer end of said stop 10 when in its raised position, thus forming a rear index. i

The game is played in the following manner: One or more players stand or lmeel at each end of the runway, and each in turn rolls the globe from one end thereof to the other. When the globe is at rest at the other end of the runway the player who has last rolled it inspects from a distance the markings on the globe which are adjacent to the end of the stop, and strives to accurately state the character of the earths surface immediately under said end, giving the latitude and longitude, continent or ocean, the country, seas, bays, gulfs or sounds, the rivers or steamship lines, the mountains or volcanoes,the lakes or inland seas, the cities or islands, the straits, isthmuses or canals, the peninsulas or channels, the currents or mountain chains. Suitable points or numbers are awarded for each of the above statements which are correct, and a memorandum is made of the points thus gained by the player. But, in addition thereto, the player is required to give a correct statement of similar features of the earths surface at the part which is immediately under or 7 adjacent to the nail head or other device 18 diametrically opposite to the end of the spring stop, and double points are given for correct statements of said features. When the player has made all the statements that he is able and has. counted the points therefor, a player at the other end of the runway in turn rolls the globe the full length of-the -'llmway and makes similarstatements ismdznemorandum. Since some portions-bfthe narths surface are muchmore barren than others of geographical,

features upon which points may be obtained, it becomes the object of skilled players to so roll the 'ball that, on arriving at the end of the runway, the parts of the earths surface at which the greatest possible number of features can be scored may be under or,

1. A game apparatus comprising a globe, V s

a runway therefor having means for arrest- Gopies oijhis patent .may' bQobtained-I rfivecents each, by addressing ing the globe at either end, and indices arranged to be in position to the globe at each end of -therrunway, substantially as described. 1 b

2. A game apparatus comprising a g 0 e having markings thereon the geographical features of the earths surface, a runway therefor having means for arresting the globe at either end, andindices arranged to be in position to the globe at each end of the runway, substantially asdescribed. V

3. A game apparatus comprising aglobe globe at either end, a rearindex on each arresting. means, and a movable front index :40 having markings thereon the geographical features ofthe earths surface, a runway, therefor having means for arrestlng the arranged .to move into a position adjacent to the surface of the globe after the globe has passed thereover, substantially as described. A

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in the presence oftwo subscribing .;witnesses. V V p s r ANNA ZIMDA'RS;

Witnesses:

v FRANCIS M.-WRIGHT,, D. B. RICHARDS.

Washington, D. C. 4

the "7- Gommissioner .of' Patents, 1 

